AFYA is delighted to announce a partnership with the experienced youth travel provider Xplore.

Together we have created a series of summer rugby camps and multi-sports activity camps for children which will take place at the prestigious Pangbourne College in Berkshire and Worksop College in Nottinghamshire. The camps are both residential and non-residential.

The multi-sports camps (24 July – 18 August Pangbourne College and 24 July – 25 August Worksop College) are open to all and are non-residential.

Both summer rugby camps (23-26 July Pangbourne College and 26-29 July Worksop College) will be led by rugby legend Charlie Hodgson, who has been described as ‘a divine playmaker’ who also happens to hold a point-scoring record that is unlikely ever to be broken.

He has 38 England caps, went on the British & Irish Lions Tour to New Zealand in 2005 and won the Premiership once with Sale Sharks, twice with Saracens and won one European cup with Saracens in 2016. An exciting and enthusiastic coach, Charlie will be helping players to improve their kicking and passing techniques over our exclusive four day course.

Charlie will be joined with a number of our other top coaches including:

Meet the AFYA Coaches

Juan Gonzalez Mendia

Director of AFYA International Sports Academy Camps

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Juan manages and co-ordinates AFYA’s International Rugby Camps. An RFU and World Rugby coach, he has coached various age groups at County level, the North of England and has been part of the England coaching staff at U16 age group.

Andy Titterrell

Rugby coach

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Former England and Sale hooker and Wasps coach, Andy earned 5 England caps and was part of the British and Irish Lions’ 2005 tour of New Zealand.

Kati Tuipuloto

Rugby coach

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Former Tongan International flanker, Kati played 16 tests for his country and captained in the 1999 World Cup. Renowned for his leadership and ferocious tackle technique.

Chris Jones

Rugby coach

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Chris is a rugby union player who plays as a Lock or Flanker for Yorkshire Carnegie in the RFU Championship. Previously at Sale Sharks, he has been capped 7 times by England.

Nick Wood

Rugby coach

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A former Gloucester Loose Head Prop, Nick also represented England at under-21 level and Saxons and was called into the full England squad party to tour South Africa in 2008.

James Wade

AFYA Co-founder and COO

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James headed up academies and player development at Sale Sharks and Wasps and is currently Head Coach at Oxford University RUFC. James is co-founder of AFYA.

Scott Pearson

Strength & Conditioning

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Strength and conditioning coach for British Cycling, Scott has previously worked with Worcester Warriors, Stock City and Sale Sharks in Lead/Head of Strength & Conditioning roles.

Jessica Mair

Judo coach

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Our Judo expert, Jessica gained qualification to the England Squad through attaining medals at the British National Championships and other prestigious competitions.

Favourite sport – judo

Top band – little mix

Best food – biscuits

My Super Hero – Wonder Woman

If I could have a superpower – Teleportation. I’m impatient travelling plus I get travel sick!!

Sample three day rugby programme

We will work with you to develop your techniques, improve your skills and help you understand what it takes to make you a better player.

After an intensive day of rugby training, it’s time to chill out with a number of downtime activities which will include quad biking, swimming, archery, climbing and leadership challenges.

As well as the Charlie Hodgson International Summer Rugby Camps, AFYA and Xplore are running a series of action-packed Multi-Sports and Outdoor Activity Camps. Expect the camps to be packed with lots of new sports and activities including everything from combat training, Taekwondo and football to golf, netball, fencing and dance.

Xplore has been providing fun-packed, adventure filled activity camps in a safe and enjoyable environment for young people throughout their school holidays for nearly 30 years. Like AFYA, they share our vision of providing children with fun-filled camps that make a difference.

Ben Wood, AFYA’s Managing Director, said: “We are delighted with our partnership with Xplore and look forward to working together to deliver a series of high profile summer rugby camps and multi-sports and outdoor activity camps for children.”